Budgets are as diverse as the people and circumstances that create them but there are 5 traits that all good budgets should have.

Budget Simple is a simple budget. Perhaps too simple.

Inzolo is an online, zero-based, envelope budgeting system. It strike a good balance between helpful automated tools and complete user control.

How banks automatically export transactions to your finance software and why you should avoid doing it.

I list all the reviews of web based personal finance applications I have done and those I plan to do.

PearBudget is a simple and well presented online budgeting application.

Mint is the flagship budgeting tool… apparently. Without an American bank account my experience of Mint.com is short and unproductive.